How to sync outlook contacts with iPhone?
Syncing up your contacts is an absolute must-have on your iPhone, especially if you buy a new one. This helps you insure that you do not lose touch with anyone you watch about. But what about if you use Outlook, Microsoft’s email service? You might be wondering if you can sync up your Outlook contacts. Syncing the contacts means that your device will join to the Internet service to update your contacts that have been made online. It includes editing existing contacts, adding new contacts, and also deleting contacts.
Why sync contacts?
• Syncing your contacts can help us update our contacts, which are always up-to- date in your contacts list.
• Syncing your contacts can make it easier to keep in touch with people. When all of your contact information is stored in one place, it’s easy to transfer a message or make a call without having to search through your phone for their number.
• Syncing your contacts allows you to run it from any device so if you lose your phone and buy a new one all contacts are stored in it.
Now, the following steps to sync the contacts in the iPhone
• In the first step, open the Outlook app on your iPhone.
• Then, tap on your profile icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
• After this, tap the settings (the gear icon).
• Then select your Outlook account.
• Also, after selecting next to “ Save contacts”, toggle the slider to on the on position.
• You will receive a message asking if you’d like to save your Outlook contacts to your iPhone. Ensure your iPhone is plugged into power, and tap” Save to my iPhone”.
Sync contacts using an Exchange account on iPhone
To use this method, your Outlook/Office 365 account must have Exchange enabled-this is because the contacts you need will be stored on the Exchange server.
Now, here’s how to sync connections from a exchange account with your iPhone
• First, open the settings app on your iPhone, scroll down, and tap contacts.
• Also, select your outlook/ office365 account with exchange enabled.
• After this tap contacts to turn on contacts syncing from the exchange server to your iPhone.
Sync Outlook contacts with iPhone using iTunes.
To sync contacts using iTunes, you will first need to ensure that your contacts are not already set to sync with iCloud. To do this, on your iPhone, go to
Settings> Contacts> Accounts> iCloud> iCloud> if Contacts is turned on, tap it to turn off iCloud Contacts.
Now the following steps to sync contacts with an iPhone using iTunes.
• In the first step, open iTunes on your PC.
• Then connect your iPhone via USB cable, and click your iPhone device icon in iTunes.
• After this, from the navigation bar on the left, select”Info”. Then click the tick box next to”Sync Contacts with”.
• Here, on the screen, you’ll see that contacts and calendars will be removed in a future version of iTunes. Click OK.
• Then, using the drop-down box next to”Sync Contacts with”, choose Outlook.
• After all these steps, you’ll receive a message asking you to switch syncing with Outlook. Also, click the switch.
• Finally, click the apply button, then the done button to start the sync.